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(NoMedel.) J G OOVEPT HARNESS FITTING.

No. 299,354. Patented May 27, 1884.

@Miren Smarts Farrar Ori-inno JAMES C. OOVERT, OF VEST TROY, NEV YORK.

HARNESS-FITTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,354, dated May 27, 18841.

` A pplication filed January 17, 1884.

T a/ZZ whom t may conce-rn,.-

Be it knownthat I, JAMES O. OUVERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at West Troy, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Harness- Fittings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to harness which may be partly composed of ropes and partly of flexible bands or straps, more particularly when the latter portions are of webbing or some similar material; and it consists in certain devices and combinations of devices for attaching an d securing said bands to the ropes,

of a halter made in accordance with my improvement, which is selected as a convenient subject toillustrate the principles involved. Fig. 2, being drawn to a larger scale, shows the adjustable portions aforesaid 5 and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are enlarged detail views.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Arepresents the usual leading-rope, provided with a loop at one end, by means of which noose a is formed for encircling the nose of animal.

By B is represented an adjustable webbing head-strap, and by c .c the malleable-metal loops or clamps; d, the buckle, and e e the pendent rings, employed, respectively, for securing said head-strap to noose for adjusting the same, and for the reception of snap-bit or an equivalent device to adapt the halter for use as a bridle or headstall.

In attaching the webbing strap, the clamploop c (which then has an open elongated form) is first slipped over one end of same, this end being looped around one side of noose, passed again through said clamp-loop, and

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doubled back upon itself inwardly beneath the same, which is then tightly compressed or clinched upon the fabric just above the rope, thus securely affxing said portion of strap to noose. The other end of strap may be attached in a corresponding manner, excepting that this portion, in addition to the similar clamping device, c', (which in this case is not clinched,) is provided with the buckle or adjusting device d, above mentioned, the webbing, after being looped-around rope on opposite side of noose and returned through said clamp c', being extended considerably and doubled into or through said buckle (which is likewise looped into strap) in such a manner that by shifting the buckle and clamp and taking up or letting out the strap in connection therewith the same may be lengthened or shortened, as desired, the center bar of buckle being provided with teeth to prevent slipping. The arrangement of adjustable parts may be more perfectly understood by reference to Fig. 2. By the attachment of aforesaid rings e e at junction of noose and head-strap on either side any ordinary bit maybe suspended therefrom, preferably by snap-hooks, so that bridlereins or driving-lines may be also attached, and the halter very readily and expeditiously converted into a serviceable bridle or headstall, as shown in Fig. l, these supplementary parts being indicated therein by dotted lines. If found more desirable than the webbing sp eciiied, the head-strap or other bands used in this construction of harness may be composed of canvas, leather, or any other suitable material or combination of materials, as I do not confine myself to any one substance for this purpose.

It is evident that by slightly modifying the arrangement and construction herein specified for halters tosuit the form and requirements of each separate member, a complete working harness may be assembled, the component parts of which will be ropes, flexible bands, and the devices above mentioned.`

For instance, the ropes may answer for traces, and the webbing or its equivalent for back and belly bands, and, if necessary, for breast-collars or breechings, the attachments to the ropes being made with the clamps, the adjustment of bands with the buckles, and the connection of the various members by means IOO of the rings and snap-hooks, all substantially as hereinbefore described. f

I do not claim, broadly, the combination of materials composing said halters or other parts of harness; nor do I claim the combination of a noosed leading-rope and a flexible headstrap thereunto attached, as I am aware that these areboth common 5 but What I do claim as new in the manufacture of harness, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy As a clamping device for attaching and securing together flexible bands or straps composing halters, bridles, and other parts of a harness, the clamp-loops-c c', and in eombina- 15 tion therewith the adjustingbuckle d and pendent rings e e', respectively, for the adjustment and connection of said parts, all substantially as herein shown and described.

vIn testimony whereof I afx my signature in 2o presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. COVERT.

VVitn esses:

H. LIsLE FLEMING, C. A. DnYoE. 

